Sri Lankan troops with the army and police conducted a raid at the Jaffna Central Bus Station, as part of the much criticised “Operation Yukthiya” (meaning “justice” in Sinhala). The raid caused inconveniences to hundreds of daily commuters as passengers in buses were extensively checked, impacting the normal flow of public transportation.
Sri Lanka’s Public Security Minister, Tiran Alles, has lashed out at reporters investigating claims that he used shell companies to own properties in London. The allegations emerged as part of the bombshell Pandora Papers investigations by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) which exposed the financial deals and hidden assets of politicians,
Image courtesy of Newscutter.lk ICIJ have reported that Tiran Alles, the sitting Public security minister used a network of shell companies based in the British Virgin Islands to own properties across London. The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) analysis shows that Alles’ Brompton Properties Ltd. owns a flat in an affluent area of London that was